noun
- Usually plural. ( discussion of all sides of a question)
- usage: "the deliberations of the jury"
- Careful consideration.
- usage: "a little deliberation would have deterred them"
- synonyms: weighing, advisement
- Planning something carefully and intentionally.
- usage: "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting"
- synonyms: calculation
- A rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry.
- synonyms: slowness, deliberateness, unhurriedness
- The trait of thoughtfulness in action or decision.
- usage: "he was a man of judicial deliberation"
- synonyms: deliberateness
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